Effective June 8, 2007, we are revising Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) to require customs declarations on all Priority Mail pieces weighing 16 ounces or more sent to or from ZIP Codes beginning with the prefix 969 (including Guam) and to or from ZIP Code 96799 (American Samoa). Customers must affix either PS Form 2976, Customs Declaration CN22 – Sender’s Declaration, or PS Form 2976-A, Customs Declaration and Dispatch Note – CP72, to these mailpieces. These forms are available in Post Offices.
We are requiring customs declarations on these pieces to facilitate the identification of the contents when customs inspections may be conducted. In addition, customs forms will enable us to meet airline requirements to carry Priority Mail above a certain weight threshold.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM)
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600 Basic Standards for All Mailing Services
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608 Postal Information and Resources
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2.0 Domestic Mail
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[Add new 2.4 as follows:]
2.4 Customs Forms Required
Regardless of contents, all Priority Mail weighing 16 ounces or more sent from the United States to a ZIP Code beginning with the prefix 969 and to ZIP Code 96799, and all Priority Mail sent from a ZIP Code beginning with the prefix 969 and from ZIP Code 96799 to the United States, must bear either Form 2976 or Form 2976-A. This mail must be presented to an employee at a post office, to a letter carrier when using Click-N-Ship with Carrier Pickup, or to a Postal Service employee designated by the postmaster.
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We will incorporate this revision into the next printed version of the DMM and into the monthly update of the online DMM available via Postal Explorer\u201A at http://pe.usps.com.
— Mailing Standards,
Pricing and Classification, 6-21-07
